On February 9, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a review meeting to address issues of infrastructure related ministries including roads, shipping and civil aviation. This meeting also took stock of railways. At a similar review meeting in December, the PM stated that the...

BMW India are to partner with 7 local suppliers to source components for the local production of cars at their Chennai plant in South India. These suppliers will include Force Motors Ltd, ZF Hero Chassis, Draexlmaier India, Tenneco Automotive India, Valeo India, Mahle Behr and...

German luxury car manufacturer, Mercedes Benz, is well on its way to increase sales by 50 per cent due to the launch of new generation cars (NGC). The new generation cars which include luxury hatchback A-Class and B-Class, the sedan CLA and sports utility vehicle GLA, have...

The eyes of the world are on India, an economic power that is steadily growing in strength and influence. Overcoming its road transportation handicaps is vital if the country is to realize Modi’s vision. Increasing levels of radialisation in the trucking segment is perhaps a hint of the...

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NEW DELHI: Passenger car sales increased about 7% in February as major manufacturers looked forward to softer interest rates to propel demand in 2015 after no direct incentives were proposed for the automobile industry in the Union Budget to improve sentiment and help post growth in the current financial year after two consecutive years of decline. via Budget...

There’s a strong argument to be made for increasing women’s participation in the workforce — including boosting the GDP growth rate — and the finance minister, via the Union Budget, can be a vocal advocate if he so chooses. Currently, India’s female labour force participation rate (FLFPR) lags behind all the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia,...

MUMBAI: In view of the BEST fleet size being reduced in recent months, transport experts point out that these buses occupy just 6% of the roadspace but ferry a good 45% of the total daily commuters in Mumbai. On the flip side, private cars and two-wheelers occupy 87% of the space on city roads and ferry equal number of commuters. via Buses occupy 6% road space,...

The budget articulates the vision of transforming the Indian railways in a systematic process over a longer period of time rather than having a big bang approach. It is a balanced budget. However, it leaves question mark on the challenge of convincingly garnering the significant amount of funds required for this audacious transformation. via Make in India to...

Suresh Prabhu announced no new trains in his Railway Budget today. He also said that there will be no increase in passenger fares, disappointing markets. via Rail Budget 2015: No Increase in Passenger Fares, No New Trains Announced – NDTV...

NEW DELHI: TVS SrichakraBSE -2.11 % is ramping up production capacity as the TVS Group company aims the top slot among India’s two-wheeler tyre manufacturers. via TVS Srichakra expanding capacity, aims to be top two-wheeler tyre maker – The Economic...